Phīdĭas (first syll. short, Aus. Epigr 12, 1), ae, m., = Φειδίας,
I a famous sculptor , contemporary with Pericles , who made the celebrated statue of Jupiter Olympius , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 47, 146; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. Brut. 73, 257; id. Rep. 3, 32, 44; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 49; Quint 10, 12, 8 sq.— Acc. Phidian, Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54.—Hence,
II Phīdĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Phidias , Phidian : caelum, Mart. 6, 13, 1: manus, Stat. S. 2, 2, 66: ebur, Juv. 8, 103.